mounted on ivory paper; study for a sculpture of a standing male in a contrapposto pose, with PL arm held up; each hand holding a staff; figure stands on a dolphin on top of a base with shells and foliate swags; another smaller figure study in same pose at right; study of a hand holding a staff in red chalk at left

Study for a Fountain of Neptune, 16th-17th century

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Title
Study for a Fountain of Neptune
Artist Life
(active Rome), 1553-1615
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2012.58.1
Provenance
Sale, Sotheby's, London, December 7, 1976, no. 31, for £2,300, to Tan Bunzl; [Yvonne Tan Bunzl, London; 1976-80; sold for $2,478, to Moir]; Alfred Moir, Santa Barbara (1980-d. 2010; bequeathed to MIA)
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mounted on ivory paper; study for a sculpture of a standing male in a contrapposto pose, with PL arm held up; each hand holding a staff; figure stands on a dolphin on top of a base with shells and foliate swags; another smaller figure study in same pose at right; study of a hand holding a staff in red chalk at left